I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
MICHAEL CAINEIt’s much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, ‘It’s a wrap,’ it’s gone completely. I’m a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
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I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn’t be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, ‘How much is that?’
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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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